New High Light And House Attached

TYNEMOUTH TYNE STREET (south side) NZ 3668 SW North Shields. 15/127 New High Light and house attached. G.V. II Lighthouse and house. Lighthouse dated 1808 on north elevation and on rainwater head; house 1860. Lighthouse by John Stokoe, for Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Painted ashlar and brick; iron balustrade and lead roof to lighthouse and Welsh slate roof, with flat stone gable coping, to house. Lighthouse 4 storeys and lantern stage, one bay. Ground-floor projection holds blocked Venetian window under string; pedimented chambranle projection above. Blocked windows with classical treatment on first and second floors; round-arched top window under pediment. Cornice and iron balustrade with urn cover finials. Set-back lantern stage has blind window and round-hipped roof with central corniced stack. House adjoining at right: 2 storeys, 2 bays. Bricked-up overlight to hardboard-covered door at left; wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to blocked-up windows. Plaque above door, commemorating rebuilding in 1860, bears arms of Trinity House, Newcastle.

Listing NGR: NZ3605568382